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 Need help identifying this flesh fly from Toronto, Canada
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| scorpionfly |
Posted on 26-09-2012 04:24
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Member Location: Posts: 5 Joined: 26.11.11 |
I am afraid that I am not a diptera expert. Hopefully, someone can give me some pointers. The fly was taken in June 2011 in a garden with lots of trees. I am sure that it is a type of flesh fly. Also, the arolium seems to be quite large on this fly. Is there a reason for that? Cheers Richard scorpionfly attached the following image:  [62.11Kb] Edited by scorpionfly on 26-09-2012 04:36 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-09-2012 08:17
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yes it is a Sarcophaga sp. but they can only be identified to species using the male genitalia.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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